Author: Florence Bauchard

Florence Bauchard is a journalist and section editor for French daily Les Echos’ Weekend edition.

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Economy Food / Travel

The Mysterious Threat To Norway’s Lucrative King Crab Industry

A king crab caught by a tourist during a safari in Norway.
Norwegians have developed a whole tourist offer around king crabs, ranging from safaris to guest houses. Fredrik Ahlsen/Visitnorway.com

For the past two decades, Norway has developed an industrial and tourist sector around the king crab, a giant crustacean whose leg span can exceed two meters. But this boon for the economy of the great Norwegian north is now in more than a pinch.

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Society

Inside The “New” Notre Dame, Stained Glass As Contemporary Art

Katrin Wittstadt, scientific director of the glass workshop at the Dombauhütte, works on stained glass windows from Notre Dame Cathedral.
Katrin Wittstadt, scientific director of the glass workshop at the Dombauhütte, works on stained glass windows from Notre Dame Cathedral. Oliver Berg/dpa/ZUMA

Ahead of Notre Dame Cathedral’s reopening in December 2024, a proposal by President Macron to replace six 19th-century stained glass windows with new panels has sparked outcry. Yet stained glass is not new to controversy in France, where even Matisse, Chagall, Garouste and Soulages have managed to unite the sacred and the contemporary.

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